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PEAS — (Continued) — First Early Varieties 
Little Marvel 
We consider this the finest dwarf variety for the home garden. Vines are dark 
green, 18 to 20 inches tall and are laden with pods 3 inches long, blunt ended 
and packed full with peas of medium size, dark green in color and very tender 
and sweet. Seeds are squarish, wrinkled, green. 
MAMMOTH PODDED EXTRA EARLY 
Vines 3 feet. The peas are only partly wrinkled and can be sown early without 
danger of rotting. Peas nearly as large as Thos. Laxton and mature a few days 
earlier. One of the most profitable varieties to grow for the early market trade. 
NOTT’S EXCELSIOR 
An excellent early dwarf 
variety maturing in 59 days. 
Vines 12 to 14 inches high, 
dark green and very pro- 
ductive. Pods 3 inches long, 
14 inch wide, plump, straight 
and blunt ended. Seeds 
green, medium size, wrin- 
kled. 
THOMAS LAXTON 
The choice of the first early 
varieties maturing about the 
same time as Gradus. Vine 3 
to 3% feet high, similar to 
that of Gradus but darker in 
color, hardier and more pro- 
ductive. Pods 4 te 44 inches 
long, blunt ended and well 
filled with large tender peas 
which retain their sweetness 
and pleasing flavor until 
they begin to harden. Seeds 
large, wrinkled, creamy yel- 
low green. 
WORLD’S RECORD (See 
Photo Page 38) 
This wrinkled pea is one of 
the earliest large podded 
sorts and is really an im- 
proved, earlier type of Grad- 
us. Vines grow 24 to 30 inches 
tall, with a profusion of 
broad, pointed dark pods, 
3% to 4 inches long, filled 
with large peas. Just a few 
days later than Mammoth 
Podded Extra Early and 
earlier than Laxton’s Pro- 
gress. 55 days. GILBO PEAS 

